We have released version 5.2 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation format.
It's available via a mirror (xz is much smaller than gz,
but gz is available too just in case):
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Or via rsync://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/;
some mirrors also support rsync.
Highlights of this release: more inline-style conditionals; makeinfo now
warns about node/menu/cross-reference names problematic in Info, and
info has a --all option somewhat analogous to man. The full NEWS is
below; it's also available at
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/trunk/NEWS?root=texinfo
Please email bugs or suggestions to [email protected],
general discussion to [email protected]
The Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Happy documenting,
[email protected]
5.2 (26 September 2013)
* Language:
. new commands @inlinefmtifelse, @inlineifset, @inlineifclear, for
more brace-delimited alternatives to the conditional environments.
* texi2any:
. warns about node names, menu items, and cross-references (but not
index entries) containing problematic characters; can be disabled
with -c INFO_SPECIAL_CHARS_WARNING=0.
* info:
. new option -x (--debug) for debugging output; -x -1 to get everything.
. new option -v (--variable) assigns a value to an Info variable,
with the usual syntax, -v VARIABLE=VALUE.
. new option -a (--all) instructs Info to display all documents
matching the command line arguments, not just the first. In
conjunction with the -w option, it shows full names of all Info
files matching the command line arguments; with -o, it outputs all
matching files.
. new variable search-skip-screen controls the starting position for
repeated search commands ({ and }). When set to On, repeated
searches skip the lines displayed on the screen, i.e.,
forward searches (}) start at the beginning of the next page, and
backward searches ({) start at the end of the previous page.
. new command display-file-info (bound to = by default, C-g in vi mode)
shows full file name of the node being displayed and position in it.
* texi2dvi:
. support for biblatex+biber.
* Distribution: automake-1.14, gettext-0.18.3.1.